Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lebron James

[robertoestaire]

Lol @ comparing c.Ronaldo to some monkey negged kunt

this is the type of racist pig scum that throws bananas at black players in soccer. you're a disgrace to society

and Ronaldo has a black grandmother fyi

[VeinyPenor]

Op said athlete idiots not popularity

[Mrs Grudge]

James obviously. A basketball player is going to trump a soccer/football player in all the categories except for stamina (it also depends on what the stamina is for, I'm guessing cardiovascular activity). Soccer isn't as reliant on being a freak athlete as basketball is.

Lebron James is superior to Ronaldo in nearly all these categories, and that isn't even taking into account the size handicap seeing as how James is 6'9 and an extremely solid 250. He's probably the greatest athlete in the world. Aside from a few sports that require an insane amount of skill like hockey, skating, golf etc, he could play nearly any sport at a pro/world class level if he wanted too.

[S4V4NT]

lebron is better by default just because he doesnt play povertyball

[ses1357]

who is the superior athlete?

running?
jumping?
stamina?
power?
strength?

ronaldo
lebron
ronaldo
lebron
lebron

you can't really compare the two though.. their athleticism is targeted to two totally different things and lebron has 7 inches and like 80-100pounds on ronaldo

[lupered]

Not sure if srs to the people saying the rest of the world doesn't know lebron, I live on New Zealand and there are nba singlets everywhere. I personally watch basketball and American football.

[wifestealer]

sprinting - lebron wins
jumping - not even worth debating
stamina - id rate them equal, lebron is fit as **** but im sure ronaldo is too
power - not even worth debating
strength - not even worth debating


edit: mindblown that there's even a discussion/debate happening about this.

[anthonysinatra]

stop saying apples to oranges

these are the criterias

running?
jumping?
stamina?
power?
strength?

Lebron in every single category...and it isn't close. He is superior in every way.

[Palmolive]

Soccer players aren't really athletes. They have a refined skill that's all
There's a tv show in Australia called "Australia's Greatest Athlete". They get 1 player from each sport
1 league player, 1 union player , soccer, motorsport, AFL, ironman, etc etc etc.
Then they do various challenges across all the different sports.
In both series so far, the soccer player has come dead last. They don't have any upper body strength, their leg strength isn't massive. It's more so they just have a really refined skill.

I don't think that is a fair comparison because Australian's are one of the best nations in both Union and League and pretty much the only country that plays AFL - therefore, the athletes representing those sports are the top athletes. Whereas Australia is not that great at Soccer, therefore the athlete that represents the sport is a pretty average athlete (the soccer player is an A-League player lol). I've seen that show and Billy Slater has won the past two series - he is easily one of the most athletic in Rugby League in the world. A better comparison would be putting Ronaldo against them, and I would think he would be place better than last.

[nemesest]

Ronaldo's skill in soccer is way better than Lebron in basketball. Think about it, NBA's avg. height is 6'7... 98.4% of the population is under 6"4. So out of the handful of people who are 6'7, out of those people who want to play basketball professionally, how many people are you really competing with? Compare that to soccer, the whole world plays the game and a lot of great players are as short as 5'5.

[Palmolive]

lebron is better by default just because he doesnt play povertyball

Both sports are as poverty as each other by that logic. All you need in "povertyball" is a ball and a goal. In basketball, all you need is a ball and a hoop.

[Mrs Grudge]

Not sure if srs to the people saying the rest of the world doesn't know lebron, I live on New Zealand and there are nba singlets everywhere. I personally watch basketball and American football.

If I had to assume, most saying it are likely British. I think a lot of British people have no idea how popular Basketball is world wide since it is very unpopular in their own nation. B-Ball is like the 4th or 5th most popular sport in the world.

Ronaldo's skill in soccer is way better than Lebron in basketball.

That is true, but some would say skill is not the same as athleticism

Think about it, NBA's avg. height is 6'7... 98.4% of the population is under 6"4. So out of the handful of people who are 6'7, out of those people who want to play basketball professionally, how many people are you really competing with? Compare that to soccer, the whole world plays the game and a lot of great players are as short as 5'5.

That's really silly. Lebron James is competing against everyone in the world to get his spot. The fact that you have to be tall to be considered shows how much athleticism is required in the NBA. It's almost the total opposite to what you're saying.

[MHannibal]

If I had to assume, most saying it are likely British. I think a lot of British people have no idea how popular Basketball is world wide since it is very unpopular in their own nation. B-Ball is like the 4th or 5th most popular sport in the world.

That is true, but some would say skill is not the same as athleticism

That's really silly. Lebron James is competing against everyone in the world to get his spot. The fact that you have to be tall to be considered shows how much athleticism is required in the NBA. It's almost the total opposite to what you're saying.

That and the fact OP's question is about athleticism .. not skill. So many idiots in these threads.

[BeAPeet]

wtf does "better athlete" even mean? there is no objective standard.... regarding your criteria i'd say lebron james prob has 3 out of 5

[autrefois]

westbrook is more athletic than ronaldo. 90% of nba starters and most of the bench players are more athletic than ronaldo. soccer doesn't require athleticism as much as it does skill

[Vyber]

Soccer players aren't really athletes. They have a refined skill that's all
There's a tv show in Australia called "Australia's Greatest Athlete". They get 1 player from each sport
1 league player, 1 union player , soccer, motorsport, AFL, ironman, etc etc etc.
Then they do various challenges across all the different sports.
In both series so far, the soccer player has come dead last. They don't have any upper body strength, their leg strength isn't massive. It's more so they just have a really refined skill.

not sure if retarded

Ronaldo is one of the best athletes in the world and if trained could be one of the top athletes in almost any sport due to his attributes

I think Lebrons skill is diluted slightly due to the fact that hes around so many other world class athletes whereas ronaldo plays agaisnt nobodies almost every
week which makes him look even better

[Fahnestock]

Can't believe this is even being debated. I like soccer but Ronaldo is a joke compared to Lebron. Do you not realize he's one of the greatest physical specimens of all time?

[wifestealer]

dude lebron makes 50million per year, more than ronaldo

brons SALARY is poverty compared to ronaldos, i'm not sure which one is sponsored heavier though.

[zeldamate]

I call troll. (semi-srs)

[Rocky-Balboa]

running? Ronaldo.
jumping? James.
stamina? Ronaldo.
power? Ronaldo.
strength? James.

[Mrs Grudge]

brons SALARY is poverty compared to ronaldos, i'm not sure which one is sponsored heavier though.

yeah, because the NBA has rules that limit salaries (cap space). If you're talking about sponsorship, James makes more money than any athlete who plays in a team sport. Basketball markets heavy around its stars, so it makes for strong sponsorship.

[wifestealer]

running? Ronaldo.
jumping? James.
stamina? Ronaldo.
power? Ronaldo.
strength? Ronaldo.

are you trolling? LBJ is 6'8 260lbs, ronaldo is 6'1 ~180lbs. you honestly thing ronaldo is stronger? drop out of uni if you're studying, please.

[Foze]

Ronaldo could probably run a 10.5 100m sprint.

[wifestealer]

yeah, because the NBA has rules that limit salaries (cap space). If you're talking about sponsorship, James makes more money than any athlete who plays in a team sport. Basketball markets heavy around its stars, so it makes for strong sponsorship.

yeah i just checked forbes, bron made $11mil more than ronaldo last year. $53mil jesus christ, and ***gots around the world give him **** about not having a ring yet. jakes on them

[Rocky-Balboa]

are you trolling? LBJ is 6'8 260lbs, ronaldo is 6'1 ~180lbs. you honestly thing ronaldo is stronger? drop out of uni if you're studying, please.

No, that was a mistake which i fixed.


However you claiming James is a better sprinter????? Lol wut.

[ricdvs]

specify strenght and power, and the difference.

the way I see it, it lebron 3 - 2 ronaldo

[NYbrah]

miscers saying lebron is a better runner than ronaldo are out of their minds

[LordByronGains]

miscers saying lebron is a better runner than ronaldo are out of their minds

true, but this is all your fault for making this thread on the misc! you should know in the misc... bigger=better for 90% of people. Most miscers are trying their hardest to be big and strong, so they take any attack on size/strength as a personal attack on them... which generates retarded answers.

Of course this lebron (no idea who he is, srs) is probably stronger, more powerful and can jump higher than ronaldo.

of course ronaldo is a lot lighter, probably just as fit or most likely fitter, and would beat him in a race over probably any distance.

[Dan916]

wow some morons actually think ronaldo can jump better/higher than LEBRON?


not sure if stupid or retarded


Would be interesting in testing endurance/speed.. But we're talkin 6 foot 8 250lb here so he is clearly more remarkable than some 5 foot 10 endurance geek.

[cyde]

who is the superior athlete?

running?
jumping?
stamina?
power?
strength?
dink size?

Fixed.